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# Community Call Agenda: 2024-04-02

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Welcome!

## How to keep on top of events
- [Astro Community Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=c_g6re3u5gkl0mug3ktn1dibqhfk%40group.calendar.google.com) - never miss an event!
- opt in to `@notify-events` (and/or `-updates` for releases, `-announcements` for general announcements)
- Also all calendar entries available in the Discord Events sidebar. Click "interested" to be notified on a per-event basis.

## Core Update - Matthew or Ben
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- Review some recent PRs:
    - PR 10612 codebase documentation around runtime (community onboarding) to make it easier for people to contribute!
    - PR 10624 performance improvement of child rendering: function(closure) vs classes (we have a way to run benchmarks in PRs?!!)
    - PR 10600 improves messaging when renaming a table (yay! So much error message focus!)
    - PR 10636 another improvement for astrodb error messages
    - PR 10585 fix/drop preact workaround, which modified their vite plugin and did some manual linking (using react components in preact projects). Preact has a new option, so astro doesn't need to handle it anymore
    - PR 10648 new feature (still wip/draft), improving dev toolbar, it should be easier to build for, how can you write your own app?
- Roadmap: little bit about the progress/planning for the quarter
    - Stage 1s are able to be worked on: e.g.Container API (make it easier to test components), Forms, CSP,
    - Florian championing env handling, looking for people's feedback: https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/issues/837


### Helpful Core Links

[Astro CHANGELOG](https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/refs/heads/main/packages/astro/CHANGELOG.md) - see the latest version and what's new
[Next "Milestone"](https://github.com/withastro/astro/milestones/) - see what we expect to release in the next minor version
[Roadmap](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/discussions/) where you can find and participate in RFC Discussions


## Adapters

 - Major Cloudflare Adapters release
 - Working on the Dev Toolbar App again (LIVE DEMO)



## Starlight Update

Starlight [`v0.21.3`](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/@astrojs/starlight@0.21.3), a relatively small patch, was released yesterday:

- Improvements to the UI strings translations in Russian and Traditional Chinese.
- 2 new icons: `farcaster` and `starlight` (finally!).

### Starlight Links

[Starlight](https://starlight.astro.build)
[Starlight CHANGELOG](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/blob/main/packages/starlight/CHANGELOG.md)

## Talking & Doc'ing
(every Thursday, 8 a.m. ET)

On last week's Talking & Doc'ing we . . . 
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https://m.webtoo.ls/@astrodocs/112196545677815262

### Docs Links

[Follow @astrodocs on the Fediverse](https://m.webtoo.ls/@astrodocs/)
Learn how to contribute at [Astro Docs Docs (AD²) ](https://contribute.docs.astro.build)


## Maintainer/Guests (Demos, interviews, announcements)


## Community Showcase Content
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### Blogs/Articles/Videos etc.
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- 📺 [Deploy an Astro static site to DigitalOcean](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6t93CFnmps) by @zacksiri
- 🎙️ [Simple Stack Streaming - Discussed on Front-end Fire](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Y7RCXFJQtUxYGNXqemFw7)		
- 📄 [Adding Related Articles with Astro Content Collections](https://blog.codybrunner.com/2024/adding-related-articles-with-astro-content-collections/)	

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- 📄 [Deploy Astro to AWS Amplify](https://www.launchfa.st/blog/deploy-astro-aws-amplify) by @rishirajjain
- 📄 [How to simplify your code and avoid repeating your markup with Astro and Tailwind](https://lexingtonthemes.com/tutorials/how-to-simplify-your-code-and-avoid-repeating-your-markup-with-astrojs-and-tailwind-css/) by @mike_andreuzza
- 📄 [Build your interface in Astro: Components](https://domenicotenace.dev/blog/build-your-interface-in-astro/) by @domeT99
- 📺 [Netflix-style web app build in Astro](youtube.com/watch?v=SZcdUT0osz8) by @jlengstorf
- 📄 [An Upgrade to the latest web technologies](https://shikhashikz.com/blog/an-upgrade-to-latest-web-technology/) by @nitinatshikhashikz
- 📄 [Tailwind dark mode: with or without JavaScript](https://shelbyjenkins.github.io/easy/blog/light-dark-modes/) by @shelbyAsAShelby
- 📺 [How To Build a Multilingual Website with Astro & Storyblok | Part 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2uEy6fmPP4) by @arisafukuzaki
- 📄 [What is a layout in React? Comparing Next.js, React Router, and Astro](https://www.ericburel.tech/blog/what-layout-means-in-react) by @ericbureltech
- 📄 [Deploy Astro to Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate: A Step-by-Step Guide](https://www.launchfa.st/blog/deploy-astro-aws-fargate) by @rishirajjain
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- 📄 [Extend Astro Syntax Highlighting](https://jorgeglz.io/blog/extend-astro-syntax-highlighting/) by @iksaku
- 📺 [Let's Build a Blog with Astro!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWBlpeTdwoo) (docs tutorial live onstream) by @schalkneethling

### Tips and Tools 
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    - Some additional information for the community call about project 
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- [Switchcase](https://switchcase.xyz) by @hellosendpie
    - Web app to convert text case built with Astro
    - also available as an extension for Vscode, Figma, and Canva
- [Clerk Astro integration](https://clerk.com/changelog/2024-03-28)
    - New auth integration by Clerk
- [Astro Embed](https://astro-embed.netlify.app/) by @Chris 
    - Freshly updated, and with a full Starlight docs site, too!
    - Support for embedding Twitter, YouTube, and Vimeo
    - Now, with new `<LinkPreview />` component for any URL based on Open Graph metadata
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 - [Bag of Tricks for Astro's View Transitions](https://events-3bg.pages.dev/jotter/) by @martin
     - v1.7.0 released with an entire Starlight docs site
     - now with experimental Starlight view transitions components
 
### Templates/Themes

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- [PocketNaut](https://github.com/nnisarggada/pocketnaut/) by @nnisarg
- [astro-website-starter](https://github.com/shoaibkh4n/astro-website-starter) by @SBK-4N
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- [Resume 05](https://astro.build/themes/details/resume05/) by @alpesh
- [Resume 06](https://astro.build/themes/details/resume06/) by @alpesh
- [Resume 07](https://astro.build/themes/details/resume07/) by @alpesh
- [Agency 01](https://elevatemind.gumroad.com/l/astro-agency01/LAUNCH) by @alpesh
- [Galaxy](https://galaxy.futurethemes.io/) by @jumper

### Personal/Professional/Project Sites
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{ url: 'https://www.robcipolla.co.uk/', title: 'robcipolla.'},
{ url: 'https://mikuhl.me/', title: 'mikuhl_'}, // cool linktree-like bio page with animation!
{ url: 'https://legrostonneau-festival.fr/', title: 'colir_'},
{ url: 'https://gu.illau.me/', title: 'edo999'},
<!-- { url: 'https://newsminutedaily.com/', title: '@tanmay099'}, -->
{ url: 'https://jackshelton.com/', title: '@jackshelton'},
{ url: 'https://peterhanania.com/', title: '@peterhanania'},
{ url: 'https://frankstall.one/portfolio/', title:'@frank_stallone'},
{ url: 'https://mailta.pe/', title:'@imacrea'},
{ url: 'https://blog.asyncx.top/en/', title:'@AsyncX'},
{ url: 'https://ecommerce-project-creative.netlify.app/', title:'@roboxgamer52'},
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{ url: 'https://blog-one-murex.vercel.app/', title:'@Jes015'},
{ url: 'https://web-vault.vercel.app/', title:'@Jes015'},
{ url: 'https://dns.surf/', title:'@ccbikai'},
{ url: 'https://tali-tails.com/', title: '@jamesbb'},
{ url: 'https://captainofphb.me/', title: '@CaptainofPhB'},
{ url: 'https://astro-cn.com/', title:'@liruifengv'}, // An Astro showcase site of all Chinese Astro sites!
{ url: 'https://fujocoded.com/', title: '@ms.boba'}, // teaching an online community how to create their own online spaces vs depending on apps
{ url: 'https://www.producthunt.com/posts/career-vault', title: 'Product Hunt'}, // Job board built with Astro, launched on Product Hunt



### Starlight in the wild

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{ url: 'https://www.zvm.app/', title: 'Zig Version Manager' }
{ url: 'https://astro-embed.netlify.app/', title: 'Astro Embed' }, // Low-JavaScript embed components
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{ url: 'https://aso.dev/', title: 'ASO.dev'},
{ url: 'https://events-3bg.pages.dev/jotter/', title: 'Bag of Tricks' },
{ url: 'https://docs.futurethemes.io/', title: 'FutureThemes'},
{ url: 'https://docs.xtdb.com/index.html', title: 'XTDB' }, // Immutable database

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